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Held  at  the  Capitol,  iu  the  City  of  Albany, 
NOVEMBER  21,  1876. 

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ALBANY : 

WEED,  PARSONS  AND  COMPANY. 

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CONVENTION    CALLED    FOR    THE    PURPOSE    OF 
ORGANIZING 

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The  clelef?ates  to  the  Convention  for  the  formation 
of  a  State  Bar  Association  having  met  at  the  Assem- 
bly Chamber,  in  the  Capitol  at  Albany,  November  21, 
1876,  at  half-past  3  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  Mr.  Elliott 
F.  Shepard,  of  New  York,  called  the  Convention  to 
order  and  nominated,  as  temporary  chairman,  Hon. 
W.  C.  Ruger,  of  Syracuse,  who  was  unanimously 
elected . 

Mr.  Ruger  took  the  chair  and  briefly  addressed  the 
Convention. 

George  M.  Diven,  Esq.,  moved  that  Edward  Mitchell, 
of  the  First  Judicial  District,  Marcus  T.  Hun,  of  the 
Third  Judicial  District,  and  William  Rumsey,  of  the 
Seventh  Judicial  District,  be  appointed  Secretaries  of 
the  Convention,  which  was  carried. 

The  roll  of  delegates  and  alternates  was  called,  and 
the  following  gentlemen  answered  to  their  names : 


FIRST  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT. 
Delegates. 
Elliott  F.  Shepard,  Albert  Mathews, 

Clifford  A.  Hand,  Hamilton  Odell, 

CadwaladerE.  Ogdeii,         JohiiK.  Porter, 
WiUiam  Alleu  Butler,  William  G.  Choate, 

Charles  A.  Peabodj. 
Alternates. 
George  A''auXess  Baldwiu,  Douglas  Campbell, 
Edward  Mitchell,  James  M.  Varuum. 

All  of  Xew  York. 

SECOND  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT. 
Kings  Couxty. 
Delegate.  Alternate. 

D.  P.  Baruard.  A.  G.  Hull. 

Of  Brooklyn. 

Rockland  County. 

Alternate. 

A.  E.  Sufferu,  Haverstraw. 

Suffolk  County. 

Delegate . 
J.  Lawrence  Smith,  Riverhead. 

Queens  County. 
Delegates. 
J.  J.  Armstrong,  Jamaica.  L.  B.  Prince,  Flushing. 

Richmond  County. 

Alternate. 

E.  B.  Merrill. 


THIRD  JCDICIAL  DISTRICT. 

Albany  County. 

Delegates. 

Samuel  Haud,  Marcus  T.Hun, 

Isaac  Edwards. 

Alternates. 

W.  S.  Heveuor,  A.  V.  De  Witt. 

All  of  Albany. 

Columbia  County. 
Delegates. 
C.  P.  Collier,  Hudson,         C.  L.  Beale,  Hudson. 

Alternates. 
C.  Esselstyn,  Hudson.         F.  Silvester,  Kinderhook. 

Ulster  County. 

Delegates. 

S.  L.  Stebbins,  Rondout.  F.  L.Westbrook,  Kingston. 

Greene  County. 
Delegate.  Alternate. 

R.  H.  King,  Catskill.  J.  I.  Werner,  Catskill. 

Schoharie  County. 
Delegate.  Alternate. 

P.S.Danforth,Mid'leb'gh.  W.  H.  Engle,  Middleburgh 

Rensselaer  County. 

Delegates. 
R.  A.  Parmenter,  James  Lansing. 

Alternates. 
John  H.  Peck,  Irving  Brown, 

Esek  Cowen. 
All  oi  Troy. 


FOUKTH  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT. 

Saratoga  County, 

Delegates. 

J.  R.  Putuam,  Saratoga.     J.  S.  L'Amoreux,  Ballston. 

Alternates . 
A.  S.  Burdick,  Saratoga.    I.  C.  Ormsby,  Waterford. 

Washington  Coustty. 
Delegates. 
J.  Gibson,  Salem.  D.  A.  Boies,  Greeuwich. 

Alternates. 
R.  C.  Betts,  GrauTiUe.        C.  Hughes,  Saudy  HiU. 

Schenectady  County. 
Delegates. 
Piatt  Potter,  S.  W.  Jackson. 

All  of  Schenectady. 

Montgomery  County. 

Delegates. 

S.  P.  Heath,  Amsterdam.  F.  Fish,  Fultonville. 

Alternate. 

John  D.  Wendell,  Fort  Plain. 

Fulton  County. 

Delegates. 

J.  M.  Dudley,  Johnstown.  H.  E.  Smith,  Johnstown. 

Warren  County. 

Delegate. 

Stephen  Brown,  Glens  Falls. 

Franklin  County. 

Delegate. 

John  I.  Gilbert,  Malone. 


FIFTH  JUDICIAL  D  [STRICT. 
Herkimer  Couxty. 
Delegate,  '         Alternate. 

T.  Richardson,  Iliou.  C.  F.  Palmer,  Little  Fall: 

Lewis  Couxty. 

Delegate. 

E.  S.  Merrill,  Lowville. 

Oswego  County. 
Delegate.  Alternate. 

C.  Rhodes,  Oswego.  R.  H.  Tyler,  Fultou. 

Onondaga  County. 
Delegates. 
W.  C.  Ruger,  Frank  Hiscock, 

G.  M.  Kennedy,  Israel  S.  Spencer, 

I.  G.  Vann. 

Alternate. 

D.  B.  Keeler. 

All  of  Syracuse. 

SIXTH  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT. 

Cortland  County. 

Delegate. 

Horatio  Ballard,  Cortland . 

Delaware  County. 
Delegate.  Alternate. 

W.  Gleason,  Delhi.  N.  C.  Marvin,  Walton. 

Chemung  County. 

Delegate. 

Geo.  M.  Divan,  Elmira. 


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Schuyler  County. 

Delegate. 

John  J.  Van  Allen,  Watkins. 

Madison  County. 

Alternate. 
A.  N.  Sheldon,  Hamilton. 

Otsego  County. 

Alternate. 

R.  M.  Townsend,  Portlandville. 

SEVENTH  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT. 
Yates  County. 
Delegate. 
Ralph  T.  Wood,  Penn  Van. 
Seneca  County. 
Delegate. 
Chas.  A.  Hawley,  Seneca  Falls. 
Cayuga  County. 
Delegate. 
Rollin  Tracy,  Auburn. 
Steuben  County. 
Delegate.  Alternate. 

Gr.  H.  McMasters,  Bath,     Wm.  Rumsey,  Bath. 
Monroe  County. 
Delegate .  A  Item  ate. 

J.  L.  Angle,  Rochester.      M.  W.  Cooke,  Rochester. 

EIGHTH  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT. 
Chautauqua  County. 

Delegate. 
H.  C.  Kingsbury,  Westfield. 


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Erie  County. 

Delegate . 

Thos.  Corlett,  Buflfalo. 

Genesee  County. 
Delegate.  Alternate. 

M.  H.  Peck,  Batavia.  L.  X.  Bangs,  Leroy. 

Orleans  County. 

Alternate. 

H.  A.  Childs,  [Medina. 

Mr.  William  M.  Ivins  was  substituted  as  delegate  in 
place  of  Joseph  Xeilson,  of  Kings  county,  absent. 

Mr.  W.  C.  Lament  was  substituted  as  delegate  in 
place  of  Stephen  L.  Mavham,  of  Schoharie,  absent. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Johnson  in  place  of  D.  D.  Niles,  of  Dela- 
ware, absent. 

Mr.  James  W.  Glover  in  place  of  Elizur  W.  Prindle, 
of  Chenango,  absent. 

It  was  moved  bv  Mr.  Matthews  that  the  alternates 
who  have  answered  to  their  names  be  considered  as 
delegates  to  the  Convention.     Carried. 

Moved  by  J.  J.  Van  Alen  that  a  committee  of  two 
be  appointed  from-  each  judicial  district,  to  consider 
and  report  business  for  the  Convention. 

Moved  by  Mr.  Armstrong,  as  an  amendment,  that  it 
is  expedient  that  a  State  Bar  Association  be  now 
formed.     Amendment  carried. 

Moved  by  C.  A.  Hand,  as  a  substitute,  that  a  com- 
mittee of  two  from  each  judicial  district  be  appointed 
to  report  a  Constitution  and  By-laws.  Substitute 
adopted . 

Moved  by  Mr.  Shepard  that  the  present  oflBcers  be 


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permanent  officers  of  the  Convention,  and  that  there 
be  appointed  a  Vice-President  from  each  judicial  dis- 
trict.    Carried. 

The  following  named  gentlemen  were  nominated  as 
Vice-Presidents : 
1st  Dist.  Hon.  John  K.  Porter. 
2d    Dist.  Hon.  D.  P.  Barnard. 
3d    Dist.  Hon.  P.  S.  Danforth. 
4th  Dist.  Hon.  Piatt  Potter. 
5th  Dist.  Charles  Rhodes,  Esq. 
6th  Dist.  Hon.  Horatio  Ballard. 
7th  Dist.  M.  W.  Cooke,  Esq. 
8th  Dist.  Hon.  Lorenzo  Morris. 

Moved  by  Mr.  Shepard  that  such  gentlemen  be 
elected  Vice-Presidents.     Carried.' 

The  Chair  appointed  the  following  Committee  on 
Constitution  and  By-laws : 

1st  Dist.  Elliott  F.  Shepard,  Albert  Matthew>. 
2d   Dist.  A.  E.  SufFern,  J.  J.  Armstrong. 
3d   Dist.  S.  Hand,  Irving  Browne. 
4th  Dist.  1.  W.  Jackson,  John  R.  Putnam. 
5th  Dist.  Frank  Hiscock,  E.  S.  Merrill. 
6th  Dist.  George  M.  Diven,  Horatio  Ballai'd. 
7th  Dist.  J.  L.  Angle,  Charles  A.  Hawley. 
8th  Dist.  H.  C.  Kingsbury,  L.  N.  Bangs. 

Moved  that  J.  Lawrence  Smith  be  substituted  as 
delegate  from  Suffolk  county  in  place  of  Mr.  Petty, 
absent.     Carried. 

Mr.  Hun  presented  petitions  from  certain  lawyers  in 
New  York,  regarding  membership  of  the  State  Bar 
Association.     Referred  to  Committee  on  Constitution. 


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Moved  that  a  committee  of  two  from  each  judicial 
district  be  selected  by  the  delegates  from  their  respect- 
ive districts,  to  nominate  permanent  officers,  and  to 
act  with  the  Committee  on  Constitution. 

Moved,  as  amendment,  that  permanent  oflBcers  be 
nominated  by  Committee  on  Constitution. 

Moved  to  lay  motion  on  the  table.     Carried. 

Moved  that  the  Convention  adjourn  till  TVo  o'clock 
this  evening.     Carried. 


7.30  P.  M. 

Convention  called  to  order  by  Chairman. 

Elliott  F.  Shepard,  of  the  Committee  on  Constitu- 
tion and  By-laws,  reported  a  Constitution,  which  was 
read  by  Judge  Suffern . 

Moved  that  report  of  committee  be  accepted. 
Carried. 

A  communication  from  Hon.  Arphaxed  Loomis  was 
read. 

Moved  by  Mr.  Vann  that  the  Constitution  be  read 
and  acted  upon  article  by  article.     Carried. 

Article  I  adopted  as  reported. 

Article  II  adopted  as  reported. 

Moved  that  each  amendment  be  passed  upon  and 
disposed  of  before  another  shall  be  taken  up.    Carried. 

Article  III,  as  amended,  adopted. 

Moved  that  debate  on  each  amendment  be  limited 
to  two  minutes  for  each  person,  and  no  person  be  al- 
lowed to  speak  on  any  amendment  twice.     Carried. 

Article  lY,  as  amended,  adopted. 

Moved  that  a  committee  of  two  from  each  judicial 


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district  be  appointed  bv  the  Chair  to  make  aud  report 
uominations  for  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  Chair  appointed  as  such  committee : 
1st  Dist.  TVm.  A.  Butler,  Charles  A.  Peabod}'. 
2d    Dist.  J.  Lawrence  Smith,  E.  B.  Merrill. 
3d    Dist.  Casper  P.  Colljer,  A.  Schooumaker. 
4th  Dist.  Jos.  Gilsou,  J.  M.  Dudley. 
5th  Dist.  G.  N.  Kennedy,  R.  H.  Tyler. 
6th  Dist.  A.  X.  Sheldon,  J.  J.  VauAleu. 
7th  Dist.  M.  W.  Cooke,  R.  Tracy. 
8th  Dist.  J.  H.  White,  Thos.  Corlett. 

Moved  that  the  committee  have  leave  to  retire  and 
report  this  evening.     Carried. 

Moved  to  adjourn.     Lost. 

Article  V  adopted  as  reported. 

Article  VI  adopted  as  amended. 

Article  YII  adopted  as  amended. 

Article  A^III  adopted  as  amended. 

Article  IX  adopted  as  amended. 

Article  X  adopted  as  amended. 

Article  XI  adopted  as  amended. 

Article  XII  adopted  as  amended. 

Article  XIII  adopted  as  reported . 

Article  XIY  adopted  as  reported. 

Article  XV  adopted  as  reported. 

Article  XVI  adopted  as  reported. 

Article  XVII  stricken  out. 

By  unanimous  consent,  the  XVth  Article  was 
amended  thus:  The  Treasurer  of  this  Association 
shall  give  security  in  such  sum,  and  in  such  form,  for 
the  safe-keeping  and  accounting  for  moneys  of  the  As- 
sociation coming  to  his  hands,  as  shaU  be  required  by 
the  Executive  Committee. 


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Article  XVIII  (formerly  XIX)  adopted  as  amended. 
Article  XIX  (formerly  XX)  adopted  as  amended. 
Article  XX  (formerly  XXI)  adopted  as  reported. 
Article  XXI  (formerly  XXII)  adopted  as  reported. 
Article  XXII  (formerly  XXIII)  adopted  as  am'ded. 
The  Constitution  adopted,  except  the  last  clause. 
The  Nominating  Committee  reported  as  follows : 

President. 

JOHX   K.    POBTER. 

Vice-Presidentfi. 

1.  Chas.  W.  Sandford.  5.  Wm.  C.  Ruger. 

2.  John  J.  Armstrong.         6.  Horatio  Ballard. 

3.  Samuel  Hand.  7.  James  L.  Angle. 

4.  Piatt  Potter.  8.  Mjron  H.  Peck. 

Executive  Committee. 

1.  Albert  Matthews.  5.  Albertus  Perry. 
Clifford  A.  Hand.  Geo.  N.  Kennedy. 
Elliott  F.  Shepard.               Jno.  D.  Kernan. 

2.  D.  P.  Barnard.  G.  Geo.  M.  Diven. 
W.  M.  Ivins.  Jas.  W.  Glover. 
A.  E.  Suffern.  Chas.  L.  Kennedy. 

3.  Esek  Co  wen.  7.  M.  W.  Cooke. 
Marcus  T.  Hun.  "Wm.  Rumsey. 
Rufus  H.  King.  John  H.  Camp. 

4.  H.  E.  Smith.  8.  D.  H.  Bolles. 
Stephen  Brown.  Jas.  M.  Willett. 
John  R.  Putnam.  Henry  A.  Childs. 


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Committee  on 

1.  Henry  H.  Anderson. 
James  W.  Varnum. 
Geo.  H.  Yeaman. 
Heurj  D.  Sedgwick. 

2.  L.  Bradford  Prince. 
Wm.  H.  Robertson. 
John  Thompson. 

E.  M.  CuUen. 

3.  Peter  S.  Danforth. 
Irving  Browne. 
Hugh  W.  McClennan. 
Timothy  P.  Bush. 

4.  Frothingham  Fish. 
A.  H.  Tanner. 

M.  D.  Grover. 
CO.  Tappan. 


Admissions . 

5.  Ward  Hunt,  Jr. 
I.  G.  Vann. 

R.  H.  Tyler. 
Levi  H.  Brown. 

6.  Oliver  P.  Hurd. 
O.  W.  Chapman. 
M.  J.  Shoecraft. 
Lewis  L.  Bundy. 

7.  Rollin  Tracy. 

F.  A.  Macomber. 
F.  O.  Mason. 
Ralph  T.  Wood. 

8.  Sherman  S.  Rogers. 
Marshall  B.  Champlain. 
Lorenzo  Morris. 

John  T.  Joyce. 


Committe& 

1.  Henry  E.  Howland. 
Frank  R.  Coudert. 
CD.  Ingersoll. 

2.  P.  S.  Crook. 

E.  A.  Brewster. 
Hamilton  Fish,  Jr. 

3.  R.  A.  Parmenter. 
S.  L.  Stebbins. 
Cornelius  Esselstyn. 

4.  C  Hughes. 

J.  S.  L'Amoreux. 
B.  M.  Beckwith. 


on  Gi'ievances. 

5.  John  F.  Seymour. 
J.  S.  Spencer. 
Thos.  Richardson. 

6.  Marcus  Lyon. 
Chas.  A.  Clark. 
Isaac  S.  Newton. 

7.  Chas.  A.  Hawley. 
Oscar  Craig. 
Geo.  W.  Cowles. 

8.  A.  D.  Scott. 
Geo.  S.  Ward  well. 
L.  W.  Thayer. 


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Committee  on 

Luiv  Reform. 

1. 

Wm.  G.  Choate. 
Chas.  Tracy. 
Frederick  H.  Betts. 

5. 

John  C.  Churchill. 
Frank  Hiscock. 
Jas.  F.  Starbuck. 

2. 

J.  M.  Van  Cott. 
J.  Lawrence  Smith. 
Edward  B.  Merrill. 

6. 

Wm.  Gleason. 
H.  Sturges. 
Rufus  King. 

3. 

Matthew  Hale . 
C.  B.  Colly er. 
Peter  Cantine. 

7. 

W.  F.  Cogswell. 
H.  V.  Rowland . 
Geo.  B.  Bradley. 

4. 

S.  W.  Jackson. 
D.  Magone. 
Jas.  Gibson, 

8. 

Jas.  M.  Humphrey 
John  H.  White. 
Wilkes  Angel. 

Committee 

071 

Prizes. 

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

E.  F.  Shepard. 
J.  W.  Mills. 
Isaac  Edwards. 
John  J.  Gilbert. 

5. 
6. 

7. 

8. 

D.  B.  Keeler. 
S.  D.  Halladay.       . 
Theo.  Bacon, 
Geo.  Wadsworth. 

Committee  on  Legal  Biography. 

1. 

Hamilton  Odell. 
Cadwalder  E.  Ogden. 

5. 

Wm.  Porter. 
H.  E.  Turner. 

2. 

,  Calvin  Frost. 
Wm.  H.  Ouderdonk. 

0. 

E.  H.  Prindle. 
B.  F.  Chapman. 

3. 

,  F.  L.  Westbrook. 
C.  L.  Beale. 

7. 

S.  D.  Faulkner. 
S.  G.  Hadley. 

4. 

,  A.  X.  Parker. 
A.  D.  Wait. 

8. 

David  F.  Day. 
Cyrus  B.  Davis. 

Recording  Secretary. 
A.  V.  De  Witt. 


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Corresponding  Secretary. 

Edward  Mitchell,  of  New  York. 

Treasurer. 

Rufus  W.  Peckham. 

The  Coiiveutioii  recommend  that,  in  case  of  the 
refusal  of  any  officer  elected,  to  serve,  or  of  a  vacancy 
from  any  cause,  the  Executive  Committee  have  power 
to  fill  the  same. 

The  report  was  accepted. 

Moved  that  the  report  be  adopted.     Carried. 

Moved  that  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  ten- 
dered to  the  President  and  the  Secretaries  for  their 
services.     Carried. 

Moved  that  the  Convention  adjourn  sine  die .  Car- 
ried. 

The  President  of  the  Convention  retired  and  Hon. 
John  K.  Porter  then  took  the  chair  of  the  Bar  Asso- 
ciation and  returned  thanks  to  the  Association  for  his 
election  as  President. 

The  Recording  Secretary  being  absent,  it  was  moved 
that  the  Secretaries  of  the  Convention  continue  to  act 
as  Secretaries  of  the  Association  at  this  meeting.  Car- 
ried. 

Moved  that  the  Executive  Committee  be  instructed 
to  take  proper  steps  to  procure  the  incorporation  of 
the  Association.     Carried. 

Moved  that  the  Executive  Committee  be  instructed 
to  take  such  steps  as  they  see  fit  to  insure  candidacy. 
Carried. 

Mr,  Shepard  tendered,  on  behalf  of  the  editor  of 
The    Albany    Law  Jowiial,    an    offer    to  have    that 


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journal  act  as  the  oflBcial  journal  of  the  New  York 
State  Bar  Association,  and  moved  that  The  Albany 
Law  Journal  be  adopted  as  the  official  organ  of  the 
Association. 

Resolution  amended  by  inserting  therein  that  the 
thanks  of  the  Association  be  tendered  for  the  offer, 
and  that  it  be  referred  to  the  Executive  Committee. 
Carried. 

Mr.  Shepard,  on  behalf  of  lawyers  of  the  First  Dis- 
trict, presented  an  offer  for  a  prize,  to  be  known  as 
Post-Graduate  Prize,  and  moved  that  the  establish- 
ment of  this  prize  receive  the  sauctiou  of  the  Associa- 
tion, and  it  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Prizes. 
Carried. 

Moved  that  the  President  reconvene  the  Executive 
Committee  at  the  earliest  convenient  time.     Carried. 

Moved  that  the  Convention  adjourn.     Carried. 

EDWARD  MITCHELL, 
MARCUS  T.  HUN, 
WILLIAM  RUMSEY, 

Secretaries. 


CONSTITUTION 


I. 

Name. — This  Association  shall  be  called  "The New 
York  State  Bar  Association." 

II. 
Object.  —  The  Association  is  formed  to  cultivate  the 
science  of  jurisprudence,  to  promote  reform  in  the 
law,  to  facilitate  the  administration  of  justice,  to  ele- 
vate the  standard  of  integrity,  honor  and  courtesy  in 
the  legal  profession,  and  to  cherish  a  spirit  of  brother- 
hood among  the  members  thereof. 

III. 

Members.  —  The  Delegates  and  Alternates  selected  to 
attend  the  first  meeting  for  the  organization  of  the 
Association  (November  21,  1876)  are  hereby  declared 
to  be  members  thereof,  provided  they  shall,  on  or  be- 
fore the  1st  day  of  May,  1877,  pay  the  admission  fee 
and  subscribe  to  this  constitution  (or  otherwise  in 
writing  notify  the  Secretary  of  their  acceptance  of 
membership). 

Any  member  of  the  legal  profession  in  good  standing, 
residing  or  practicing  in  the  State  of  New  York,  who 
shall  have  been  at  the  bar  of  this  State  at  least  three 
years,  may  become  a  member  by  vote  of  the  Associa- 


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tion  on  open  nomination,  after  a  report  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Admissions,  or  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
upon  recommendation  of  the  Committee  on  Admis- 
sions; and  on  subscribing  to  this  constitution  (or 
otherwise  in  writing  notifying  the  Secretary  of  his 
acci^ptaiice  of  membership)  and  within  the  period  lim- 
ited by  the  by-laws,  paying  the  admission  fee  and  an- 
nual dues  of  the  current  year.  The  judges  of  the 
United  States  courts  residing  in  this  State,  the  judges 
of  the  Court  of  Appeals,  and  the  several  justices  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  this  State,  shall,  during  their 
respective  terms  of  office,  be  honorary  members  of 
this  Association.  Other  honorary  members  may  be 
elected  by  the  Association. 

lY. 

Officers.  — The  officers  of  the  Association  shall  be  a 
President,  eight  Vice-Presidents,  one  to  be  chosen 
from  each  judicial  district,  an  Executive  Committee, 
a  Committee  on  Admissions,  a  Committee  on  Griev- 
ances, a  Committee  on  Law  Reform,  a  Committee  on 
Prizes,  a  Committee  on  Legal  Biography,  a  Recording 
Secretary,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  and  a  Treasu- 
rer, all  of  whom  shall  for  the  period  until  the  first 
day  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight, 
be  elected  at  the  meeting  at  which  this  constitution  is 
adopted.  And  thereafter  they  shall  be  elected  in  the 
manner  hereinafter  prescribed. 

y. 

President.  —  The  President,  or  (in  his  absence)  one 
of   the  Vice-Presidents,  or  (in  the  absence  of   all  of 


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them)  one  of  the  members,  shall  preside  at  all  meet- 
ings of   the  Association. 

The  President  shall  be  ex  officio  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee. 

VI. 

Executive  Committee. —  The  Executive  Committee 
shall  consist  of  twenty-four  members,  of  whom  three 
shall  reside  in,  and  be  selected  from  each  judicial  dis- 
trict, and  shall  compose  a  District  Executive  Commit- 
tee thereof. 

This  committee  shall  manage  the  affairs  of  the  As- 
sociation, subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  consti- 
tution and  by-laws,  and  shall  be  vested  with  the 
title  to  all  its  property  as  Trustees  thereof,  until  the 
Association  shall  be  incorporated,  and  when  incorpor- 
ated shall  have  power  to  accept  the  act  of  incorpora- 
tion for  and  on  behalf  of  the  Association  and  all  its 
members;  and  the  Executive  Committee  shall  make 
by-laws  for  the  Association,  subject  to  amendment  by 
the  Association. 

At  meetings  of  the  committee  the  member  or  mem- 
bers in  attendance  from  each  judicial  district  shall  be 
entitled  to  three  votes  to  be  cast  by  him  or  them,  sep- 
arately or  together,  as  he  or  they  may  determine. 
Each  District  Committee,  under  direction  of  the  Gen- 
eral Committee,  may  exercise  such  of  its  powers  in  or 
for  the  district  as  from  time  to  time  shall  be  au- 
thorized by  the  General  Committee,  and  such  other 
powers  as  the  constitution  and  by-laws  shall  vest  in 
them. 


VII. 

Committee  on  Admissions.— The  Committee  on  Ad- 
missions shall  consist  of  thirty-two  members,  of  whom 
four  shall  reside  iu  and  be  selected  from  each  judicial 
district,  and  compose  a  District  Committee  on  Admis- 
sions thereof,  and  each  of  whom  shall  have  practiced 
law  iu  this  State  at  least  ten  years. 

The  proceedings  of  this  committee  shall  be  deemed 
confideutial  and  shall  be  kept  secret,  except  so  far  as 
written  or  printed  reports  of  the  same  shall  be  neces- 
sarily and  oflBcially  made  to  the  Association. 

YIII. 

Committee  on  Ch-ievances.  —  The  Committee  ou  Griev- 
ances shall  consist  of  twenty-four  members,  not  more 
than  three  of  whom  shall  reside  in  the  same  judicial 
district. 

This  committee  may  receive  and  hear  all  complaints 
preferred  by  any  member  against  any  other  member 
for  misconduct  in  his  relations  to  the  Association,  or 
in  his  profession,  provided  the  same  be  iu  writiug, 
plainly  and  specifically  stating  the  matter  complained 
of,  and  subscribed  by  the  complainant. 

The  committee  may  also  at  their  discretion  hear 
any  specific  complaint  which  may  be  made  to  them 
by  any  member  iu  writiug,  affecting  the  ijiterest  of 
the  legal  profession,  the  practice  of  law,  or  the  admin- 
istration of  justice,  and  may  report  thereon  to  the 
Association,  with  such  recommendations  as  they  may 
deem  advisable. 

All  complaints  so  made  shall  be  considered  and  dis- 
posed of  by  the  committee  in  the  manner  provided 
in  the  bv-laws. 


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The  proceedings  of  this  committee  shall  be  deemed 
confidential  and  kept  secret,  except  so  far  as  written 
or  printed  reports  of  the  same  shall  be  necessarily  and 
officially  made  to  the  Association. 

IX. 

Committee  on  Law  Reform. — The  Committee  on 
Law  Reform  shall  consist  of  twenty-four  members, 
no  four  of  whom  shall  reside  in  the  same  judicial  dis- 
trict. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to  consider 
and  report  to  the  Association  such  amendments  of  the 
law  as  in  their  opinion  should  be  adopted,  also  to 
scrutinize  proposed  changes  of  the  law,  and  when 
necessary  report  upon  the  same,  also  to  observe  the 
practical  working  of  the  judicial  system  of  the  State, 
and  recommend  by  written  or  printed  report,  from 
time  to  time,  any  changes  therein  which  observation 
or  experience  may  suggest. 

X. 

Committee  on  Prises  —  The  Committee  on  Prizes  shall 
consist  of  so  many  members  as  the  Association  shall 
appoint  from  year  to  year. 

It  shall  be  their  duty  to  make  rules  for  contests  for 
such  prizes  as  may  be  instituted  by,  or  under  the  sanc- 
tion of  the  Association,  and  to  examine  and  pass  upon 
the  merits  of  every  original  production  offered  in  ac- 
cordance therewith. 

XI. 

Committee  on  Legal  Biography  .  —  The  Committee  on 
Legal  Biography  shall  consist  of  so  many  members  as 
the  Association  shall  appoint  from  year  to  year. 


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It  shall  be  their  duty  to  provide  for  the  preservation 
among  the  archives  of  the  Association  of  suitable 
written  or  printed  memorials  of  the  lives  and  charac- 
ters of  distinguished  deceased  members  of  the  bar  of 
the  State. 

XII. 

Standuig  Committee .—  Exery  Standing  Committee 
shall,  at  each  stated  annual  meeting,  report  in  writing 
a  summary  of  its  proceedings  since  its  last  annual 
report  (except  such  matters  as  the  constitution  or  by- 
laws require  to  be  kept  secret),  together  with  any  sug- 
gestions deemed  suitable  and  appertaining  to  its 
powers,  duties  or  business. 

A  general  summary  of  all  such  annual  reports  and 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  annual  meetings  shall  be 
prepared  and  printed  by  and  under  the  direction  of 
the  Executive  Committee,  together  with  the  constitu- 
tion, by-laws  (as  then  existing),  names  and  residences 
of  ofiBcers,  standing  committees  and  members  of  the 
Association,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  each  annual 
meeting. 

XIII. 

Record  h\g  Secretary .  —  The  Recording  Secretary  shall 
keep  a  record  of  the  proceedings  of  all  meetings  of 
the  Association,  and  discharge  such  other  duties  as 
shall  be  required  of  him  by  the  Association. 

XIV. 

Corres-ponding  Secretary.— The  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary shall  (with  the  concurrence  of  the  President) 
conduct  the  correspondence  of  the  Association. 


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XY. 

Treasurer.  —  The  Treasurer  shall  collect  and  (by  or- 
der of  the  Executive  Committee)  disburse  the  moneys 
of  the  Association,  and  discharge  such  other  duties  as 
shall  be  required  of  him  by  the  Association. 

The  Treasurer  of  this  Association  shall  give  security 
in  such  sum  and  in  such  form  for  the  safe-keeping  and 
accounting  for  moneys  of  the  Association  coming  to 
his  hands,  as  shall  be  required  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee. 

XVI. 

Other  Committees. —  The  Association  may  prcfvide  iu 
its  by-laws  for  other  standing  committees,  and  no 
matter  shall  be  referred  to  a  special  committee  which 
is  relevant  to  the  function  of  any  standing  commit- 
tee. 

XVII. 

Liahilities. —  No  oflBcer,  or  committee,  or  other  per- 
son, shall  have  power  to  make  the  Association  liable 
for  any  debt  amounting  to  more  than  one-half  of  the 
excess  of  money  in  the  Treasurer's  hands,  beyond 
that  required  to  meet  prior  liabilities,  nor  to  make 
any  contract  binding  personally  any  member  of  the 
Association. 

XVIII. 

Meetings.  —  There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the 
Association  held  at  the  city  of  Albany  on  the  third 
Tuesday  of  November  in  each  year,  and  such  ad- 
journed meetings  as  the  Association  by  a  vote  of  three- 
fourths  of  all  present  may  determine,  and  at  any  such 
adjourned  meeting  any  business  of  the  Association 
may  be  transacted,  except  the  election  of  ofiBcers. 


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Special  meetings  may  be  called  at  any  time  by  the 
President  or  Executive  Committee  of  their  own  mo- 
tion, and  shall  be  called  by  the  Secretary  upon  the 
request  of  fifty  members,  in  writing,  specifying 
the  purpose  thereof.  At  such  special  meeting  no  busi- 
ness shall  be  transacted  except  such  as  shall  be  speci- 
fied in  the  notice  thereof.  At  every  meeting  of  the 
Association  the  presence  of  fifty  members  shall  be 
necessary  to  constitute  a  quorum. 

XIX. 

Fees. — The  admission  fee  shall  in  all  cases  be  $5, 
to  be  paid  on  signing  the  constitution. 

The  annual  dues  of  members  shall  be  §5,  and  shall 
be  payable  yearly  on  or  before  the  1st  of  May  in  each 
year. 

XX. 

Expidsio7i. —  Any  member  may  be  suspended  or  ex- 
pelled for  misconduct  in  his  relations  to  the  Associa- 
tion, or  in  his  profession,  after  conviction  thereof  by 
such  method  of  procedure  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the 
by-laws,  and  all  interest  in  the  property  of  the  Asso- 
ciation, of  persons  ceasing  to  be  members  by  expul- 
sion, resignation  or  otherwise,  shall  thereupon  vest 
absolutely  in  the  Association. 

XXI. 

Elections. —  At  the  annual  meeting  in  November, 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-seven,  and  at  each  an- 
nual meeting  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected  by  bal- 
lot the  officers  of  the  Association  for  the  year  begin- 
ning with  the  first  day  of  January  next  ensuing,  and 


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they  will  hold  their  offices  until  the  first  day  of  Jan- 
uary next  succeeding  the  election  of  their  successors. 

In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  any  office  it  shall  be  filled  by 
appointment  by  the  Executive  Committee,  which, 
however,  can  appoint  only  a  Vice-President  to  the 
office  of  President. 

XXII. 

Amendments.  — This  constitution  shall  go  into  effect 
immediately.  It  can  be  amended  only  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  the  members  present  at  a  meeting  of  the  Asso- 
ciation, after  notice  of  the  proposed  amendment  sub- 
scribed by  at  least  ten  members  shall  have  been  given 
at  the  next  previous  meeting,  and  notice  of  the  same 
shall  have  been  also  given  by  the  Secretary  in  the  no- 
tices of  the  meeting,  and  by  the  vote  of  at  least  fifty 
members  in  favor  of  such  amendment. 


BY-LAWS 


I. 

Presiding  Officers.— The  President,  and  in  his  absence 
a  Vice-President,  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
Association.  If  neither  of  these  oflBcers  be  present,  a 
president  pro  tern,  shall  be  chosen  bj  and  from  the 
attending  members. 

II. 

Order  of  Business.— At  annual  and  adjourned  meet- 
ings, after  the  appropriate  opening  thereof,  the  Order 
of  Business  will  be : 

1.  Reading  of  the  Minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting. 

2.  Nominations  for  Membership. 

3.  Report  of  Executive  Committee. 

4.  Report  of  Treasurer. 

5.  Report  of  Committee  on  Admissions. 

6.  Election  of  Members. 

7.  Election  of  Officers. 

8.  Reports  of  other  Standing  Committees. 

9.  Reports  of  other  Special  Committees. 

10.  Special  Orders. 

11.  Miscellaneous  Business. 

This  Order  of  Business  may  be  changed  at  any  meet- 
ing by  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  members  present. 
And,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  the  Constitution 


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or  By-laws,  the  usual  parliamentary  rules  and  orders 
will  govern  the  proceedings. 

III. 

Secretaries. — The  Recording  Secretary  will  keep  a 
record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Association,  and  of 
such  other  matters  as  may  be  directed  by  the  .Associa- 
tion to  be  placed  on  its  files  or  record ;  will  keep  an 
accurate  roll  of  oflBcers  and  members,  and  notify  officers 
and  members  of  committees  of  their  election  or  ap- 
pointment ;  will  issue  notices  of  all  meetings,  with  a 
brief  note,  in  case  of  special  meetings,  of  the  object 
for  which  they  are  called;  will  promptly  furnish  the 
Treasurer  with  the  names  of  persons  elected  members, 
and  will  keep  the  seal  of  the  Association. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  (with  the  concurrence 
of  the  President,  when  by  the  latter  deemed  expedient) 
will  conduct  the  correspondence  of  the  Association. 

IV. 

Treasurer. — The  Treasurer  will  keep  an  accurate  roll 
of  the  members ;  will  notify  members  of  their  election ; 
will  collect,  and  under  direction  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, expend,  deposit  or  invest  the  funds  of  the  Asso- 
ciation ;  will  keep  regular  accounts  in  books  of  the 
Association,  which  accounts  shall  be  open  to  inspection 
by  any  member  of  the  Executive  Committee ;  and  will 
report  in  writing  at  each  stated  meeting,  and  to  the 
Executive  Committee,  as  and  when  required  by  them, 
the  financial  condition  of  the  Association.  His  report, 
at  each  annual  meeting  of  the  Association,  shall  exhibit 
a  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditure  for  the  year, 
and  of  outstanding  obligations  and  appropriations,  and 


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an  estimate  of  resources  and  expenditure  for  the  ensu- 
ing year.  And  his  accounts  shall  at  all  times  be  subject 
to  examination  and  audit  by  the  Executive  Committee 
and  by  the  Association,  or  by  a  Special  Committee 
appointed  for  that  purpose. 

V. 

Executive  Committee. —The  Executive  Committee, 
subject  to  the  control  of  the  Association  and  within 
the  limits  of  power  prescribed  by  the  Constitution  and 
By-laws,  may  make  such  provision  and  regulations  and 
take  such  action  as  shall  by  them  be  deemed  necessary 
or  proper  for  conduct  of  the  affairs  and  protection  and 
disposition  of  the  property  of  the  Associati«m. 

There  will  be  a  meeting  of  the  committee  on  the  22d 
day  of  November,  187G,  and  an  annual  meeting  thereof 
at  the  city  of  Albany,  on  the  day  preceding  each  annual 
meeting  of  the  Association,  and  such  other  meetings 
as  they  may  appoint,  and  representatives  from  five 
Judicial  Districts,  or  seven  members,  will  be  a  quorum 
for  the  transaction  of  business.  They  shall  choose 
from  their  number  a  chairman  and  secretary,  and  each 
district  Executive  Committee  shall  choose  from  their 
number  a  chairmari  thereof ;  and  they  shall  keep  a 
record  of  their  proceedings  and  report  the  same  at  each 
stated  meeting  of  the  Association  with  such  recom- 
mendations as  they  may  deem  advisable. 

Under  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  the  committee, 
they  may  provide  for  action,  upon  any  subject  or  class 
of  subjects,  through  correspondence,  whereby  the  vote 
of  the  various  district  committees  can  be  certified  by 
the  respective  chairmen  thereof,  to  the  secretary,  but 
no  resolution  so  acted  upon  shall  be  regarded  or  entered 


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as  a  resolution  of  the  committee,  unless  it  receives  the 
certified  approval  of  at  least  five  of  the  District  Com- 
mittees. 

Subject  to  control  of  the  General  Committee  and 
under  regulations  prescribed  by  them,  their  powers,  in 
any  matter  or  matters  jjertainiug  only  to  a  district, 
may  be  exercised  by  the  District  Committee  of  such 
district,  which  committee,  subject  to  the  like  control 
and  regulation,  may  also  call  meetings  of  the  members 
of  the  Association,  residing  and  practicing  within  the 
district,  to  consider  of  such  matters. 

YI. 

Committee  on  Admissions. — The  Committee  on  Ad- 
missions will  meet  at  the  city  of  Albany,  on  the  12th 
day  of  December,  1876,  and  on  the  day  preceding  each 
annual  meeting  of  the  Association,  and  at  such  other 
times  and  places  as  they  may  appoint,  and  seventeen 
members  will  be  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness. They  shall  choose  from  their  number  a  chairman 
and  secretary,and  each  District  Committee  shall  choose 
from  their  number  a  chairman  thereof.  Candidates  for 
membership  must  be  proposed  in  the  district  where 
they  reside  or  practice,  by  written  proposal,  signed  by 
one  or  more  members  of  the  Association  residing  in 
such  district  (neither  of  whom  is  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Admissions).  The  proposal  must  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  District  Committee  of  such  district,  and 
will  state  the  name  of  the  candidate,  his  place  of  resi- 
dence and  of  business,  the  time  of  his  admission,  and 
such  particulars  as  may  best  make  known  his  character 
and  professional  status.  And  each  District  Committee, 
in    acordance   with  regulations    prescribed    by     the 


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General  Committee,  will  examine  into  the  qualifica- 
tions of  every  candidate  so  proposed  to  them,  and  will 
transmit  to  their  secretary  such  proposals  as  they 
recommend  for  admission. 

The  General  Committee  may  provide  for  action  on 
such  reports,  and  may  authorize  their  secretary  to 
mark,  as  approved  by  them,  and  transmit  to  the 
Executive  Committee  any  name  having  the  unanimous 
approval  of  a  District  Committee. 

The  proceedings  of  the  committee  and  of  each  Dis- 
trict Committee  shall  be  secret  and  confidential,  except 
as  so  communicated  between  the  committees  or  to 
members  thereof,  or  as  publicity  is  required  under  the 
Constitution. 

VII. 

Election  of  Members.— A  vote  of  the  Association, 
when  taken  upon  candidates  f(jr  membership,  shall  be 
by  ballot,  and  one  negative  vote  in  every  four  shall  ex- 
clude the  candidate. 

Xo  person  so  excluded  shall  be  again  proposed  within 
one  year  thereafter,  nor  be  voted  upon  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee.  And  if  any  person  elected  does  not, 
within  three  months  after  notice  thereof,  pay  his  ad- 
mission fee  and  dues  and  sign  the  Constitution  and 
By-laws,  or,  by  letter  to  the  secretary,  authorize  him 
tf)  affix  his  name  thereto,  he  shall  be  regarded  as  having 
declined  to  become  a  member. 

VIII. 

Non-payment  of  Dues. —  If  any  member  fails  to  pay 
his  yearly  dues,  within  one  month  after  the  1st  day  of 
May  when  the  same  become  payable,  it  will  be  the  duty 


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of  the  Treasurer  to  serve  upon  him  personally,  or  by 
mail,  a  copy  of  this  By-law  and  notice  that,  unless  the 
same  are- paid  within  one  month  thereafter,  the  default 
will  be  reported  to  the  Executive  Committee,  which 
may,  by  order,  without  further  notice,  cause  the  name 
of  such  member  to  be  stricken  from  the  rolls,  and  his 
membership  and  all  rights  in  respect  thereof  will 
thereupon  cease.  But  upon  his  written  application, 
satisfactorily  explaining  the  default,  and  upon  payment 
of  all  dues  to  the  date  thereof,  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee shall  have  power  to  remit  the  penalty  of  this 
By-law. 

IX. 

The  Committee  on  Grievances.— The  Committee  on 
Grievances  shall  choose  from  their  number  a  chairman 
and  secretary,  and  shall  meet  on  the  day  preceding 
each  annual  meeting  of  the  Association,  and  at  such 
other  times  as  they  may  appoint.  And  twelve  mem- 
bers will  be  a  quorum  for  transaction  of  business. 

Whenever  a  complaint  is  presented  to  the  committee 
the  chairman  will  refer  the  same  to  a  sub-committee  of 
not  less  than  three  members  of  the  committee  residing 
in  the  district  where  the  person  complained  of  resides, 
or  an  adjoining  district,  and  the  secretary  will  trans- 
mit to  them  the  complaint  and  notice  of  such  refer- 
ence. 

If  the  sub-committee,  to  whom  a  complaint  is  so 
referred,  shall  be  of  opinion  that  the  matters  alleged 
are  of  sufficient  imjiortance,  they  will  cause  to  be  served 
upon  the  person  complained  of  a  copy  of  the  complaint, 
together  with  not  less  than  ten  days'  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  investigation,  which  notice  shall  also  state 
the  names  of  such  sub-committee,  and  they  will  cause 


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a  similar  notice  to  be  served  on  the  complainant.  The 
answer  or  defense  to  such  complaint  must  be  in 
writing.  At  the  time  and  place  so  appointed  (or  to 
which  the  hearing  may  be  adjourned),  the  sub-commit- 
tee will  proceed  to  consider  the  case  upon  the  com- 
plaint and,  if  an  answer  is  so  interposed,  upon  such 
answer  and  the  evidence.  Upon  the  hearing,  each 
party  may  appear  personally  and  by  counsel,  who  must 
be  members  of  the  Association.  Witnesses  shall  vouch 
for  the  truth  of  their  statements  on  their  word  of 
honor.  And  if  witnesses  summoned  by  or  under 
authority  of  the  sub-committee  are  members  of  the 
Association,  a  refusal  or  neglect  to  obey  the  summons 
may  be  reported  to  the  Association  for  its  action. 

The  sub-committee,  after  hearing  the  case,  will 
transmit  the  pleadings  and  evidence  and  their  conclu- 
sions thereupon  to  the  secretary,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  submit  the  same  to  the  committee  at  the  next 
meeting  thereof.  The  committee  will  thereupon  pro- 
ceed to  consider  the  same,  and  mav  hear  the  parties 
and  their  counsel,  and  make  their  decision,  or  may 
refer  the  matter  for  further  investigation  to  the  same 
or  another  subcommittee.  And  if,  upon  considera- 
tion, they  find  the  complaint  or  any  material  part  of 
it  to  be  true,  they  will  so  report  to  the  Association, 
with  their  recommendation  in  the  premises.  And,  in 
their  discretion,  upon  request  of  either  party,  they  may 
also  report  the  evidence  or  any  portion  thereof. 

The  Association  will  take  such  action  on  the  report 
as  they  shall  see  fit.  But  no  member  shall  be  expelled 
unless  by  vote  of  at  least  two-thirds  of  the  members 
present  and  voting. 


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X. 

General  Poivers  and  Duties  of  Committees.  — 'Exce'pt 
as  otherwise  expressly  provided  by  the  Constitution 
and  By-laws,  each  committee  will  have  power  to  fill 
vacancies  in  their  number;  to  adopt  regulations  for 
their  own  government  and  procedure;  to  declare  a 
vacancy  after  three  successive  absences  of  a  member; 
to  impose  and  collect  fines  for  non-attendance  of  their 
members,  and  provide  the  disposal  of  such  fines;  and 
to  order  and  arrange  for  the  convenient  transaction  of 
business  and  discharge  of  their  duties  by  correspond- 
ence, or  through  sub-committees  or  otherwise. 

The  chairman  of  each  committee  will  have  power  to 
call  a  meeting  thereof,  on  due  notice,  and  the  secretary 
of  the  committee  or  a  secretary  of  the  Association  shall 
by  like  notice  call  a  meeting,  on  the  requisition  in 
writing  of  at  least  five  members  of  the  committee,  or 
of  the  President  of  the  Association. 

Under  direction  of  each  committee  the  secretary 
thereof  will  keep  their  records  and  minutes,  and  pre- 
pare and  transmit  the  reports  required  by  the  Consti- 
tution. 

XL 

Amendment  of  By-laws. —These  By-laws  may  be 
amended,  at  any  stated  meeting  of  the  Association,  by 
vote  of  two-thirds  of  those  present,  provided  that 
thirty  days  previous  notice  in  writing  of  the  proposed 
amendment  shall  have  been  given  to  the  Executive 
Committee,  and  also  to  the  chairman  of  the  committee 
(if  any)  specially  affected  thereby. 


